Sergio Mario

“Let the fulfilling and accomplishment of those things which the common nature hath determined, be unto thee as thy health. Accept then, and be pleased with whatsoever doth happen, though otherwise harsh and un-pleasing, as tending to that end, to the health and welfare of the universe, and to Jove’s happiness and prosperity.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“He poor, that stands in need of another, and hath not in himself all things needful for this life.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of living.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“(Mathematicians are a bit like the laconic Vermonter who, when asked if he’s lived in the state his whole life, replies, “Not yet.”)”
― John Allen Paulos, Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up